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shrews seIsntlaealIy con.laersa.

Attempts to connect physiological ap-
pearances with a certain stamp of char
acter arc as old as Aristotle and Plato.
Mr.. Jordan, in his recently published
work (''Anatomy and Physiology in Char
acter' ,, seeks to establish the connection
on a scientific basis. In the preface he
apologies for the unpleasant and clumsy
epithets of shrewish and non shrewish, !"
which he uses for want of better terms.
His attention some time ago was drawn
to the physical conformation of women in
hospital suffering from i'll usage at the
hands of their husbands. The peculiari-
ties common to them all were clear skin,
often pink, scanty hair growth both on
the head and eyebrows and conyexity of
the spine, more or less marked. Friends
and neighbors said or limited that these
women had ''sharp tongues in their
head" Mr. Jordan eventually discovered
that these peculiarities in connection with
shrewish character were not confined to
one sex, and he classes men and women
under the two heads of ''shrews and non
shrews.n
Mr.. Jordan lays some stress ON the
fact that IN shrewish men and women the
skin is clear, transparent and pigment
less, often accompanying very pretty
features. The nails are inclined to be
thin and weak, easily bent or torn, the
hair thin ande scanty, the eyebrows
especially being poor and uneven. That
marriages should ever he arranged by
mutual choice of shrews with shrews
and non shrews with non shrews appears
to be very hypothetical; still, Mr.. Jordan
is not without some hope that future
years may bring such a result.-London
Lancet.
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ARoy,s NIisfnrtnne.

Wealthy alderman-"B jabers. Oi'n
be content wild phat Olive got. an not be
goin' into Wall street" Ambitious wife
Sure now. Pat, y'r not rich enough
yit for yacht" w. A-"Ner will Oi
be. What wud become of our son Jim if
Oi should thry fer more an lose phat
Owe got. He'd starve," A. W.--"An'
ply couldn't Jim be rich STATESMAN
loik 'rself, Pat?' w. Ale couldn't
be elicted. lie was bourn in this
country"
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He was man of some means, and was
usually ready for speculative venture.
''Do you want to buy some real estate?
asked a dealer of him the other day.
Not much, he said, decisivcly.
Why not? There hasn't been man in
Washington who has invested and lost
anything on it.
Amt there? Well, look at me; I'm
one.
How?
Five years ago | bought nice lot in
the cemetery, got married and settled
down to house keeping with my wife and
her mother
He stepped as if enough had been
said.
Well, inquired the dealer, what's
that get to do with loosing on the invest
ment? You have got the lot haven't your
Yes, and that's where the bullet hole
is. The blamed lot has been lying idle
ever since and the old lady is growing
fatter and sassier every year. Nomorc
real estate investments for me at present
thank you, and he moved on-Wash-
ington Critic.
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For RENT

UST RECEIVED and for sale at Kill
- MANS Is Market Space, Ladies Oxford
tie, tip and Opera toe SLIPPEkS Mems Dou-
COLA Kid, bun and tip Low-Q quarters and all 9TH
er kinds OF shoes, very cheap. algw
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ANNAPOLIS
|n'SANG.S COMPANY, qsg9ks
DaiCe, City Hotel, Main st.
Raj EairaBes. on Gloucester Street.


Dabe and Single Teams; also Saddle
ise for hire by the hour, day and
ek Fine Carriages for visiting parties
y pleasure, at reasonable rates. Orders
Faith 0fcein the City Hotel, at all
puroiih day or night, for passengers
3 ibe cab or baggage, will receive
fenpi seHtion.
. SPe9l attention girea 10 Funerals
sg5 6iice
fNleuIar care given to transient hor-
aad those on livery.
ANNAPOLIS TRANSFER co.
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TOR SALE.-A Cheap FARM of 100 Acres
a = plow land Price so, per acre. For
particulars address Lock Box 2=3 Annapolis,
Nd alSW
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will insert in this column advertise
mentS of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost.
Found, &c., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less, for rs Cents.
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Notice of Estray.

Came to the Subscriber on or about the 18th or
18th inst, small BAY HORSE, rather thin
and rough looking, The owner can secure the
same py proving property and paying costs.
Az Il. Il. w. SHEKELLS, Annapolis. Md
LNOK SALE,-A fine Fresh COW, will sell
4 cheap either with Calf or without Calf
Apply to JOHN CUNNING, Near Catholic
Cemetery.
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SUPPER AND AUCT ION.

4 SUPPER and AUCTION will be held
1 \ at the Assembly Rooms, commenc-
ing at Tuesday, May 3rd, at 5 o'clock p. m
by the ladies of Annapolis for improve
ments of the City Cemetery to which the
public are urgently requested to come.
Donations will be most gratefully received
frem 10 o'clock Tuesday May 3rd at the
Assembly Roomi.
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NOTICE.

TNHE undersigned would inform his costo-
mers and others having business with him
that he Will be absent from his place of busi-
ness until further notice. Any person desiring
postal to A. Z. ERLANDSON, Annapolis. Md.
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An item is going the rounds of the ex-
changes, stating that woman school
teacher in Utica, Wisconsin, allows the
pupils five minutes to go out and see the
railway train when it passes. This is a
sensible teacher In old times the win
dows of school houses were built SO high
as to prevent the little prisoners from
looking out, and an elephant might pass
by and the little urchins be compelled to
keep their eyes on their books, lest they
might, through the open door, catch
glimpse of the animal. No wonder boys
and girls came to hate school hours, and
to look upon them as the darkest Of the
twentyfour. The woman teacherin Wis
consin is sound in her head; she favors
"object teaching" she would give re-
cess were menegerie to pass or circus
band to 90 by, and the children would
study all the harder for the indulgence.
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A pair Of lady's CoRSETS in the car of the
A, q Is. Short Line X. II. The owner can get
the same on application to the Ticket Agent, at
Annapolis Office, by describing make and No.
and paying for this advertisement
Also STRAW HAT in red covered box.
Apply as above.
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For Sale

ENOUND-0n the train of The Annapolis and
a baltimore Short Line Railroad, a Lady's
UMBhELLA. with rubber band around the
same The owner can get the same by calling
ON the ticket agent at Annapolis and paving
for this notice. 4-2Stf
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A man entered Little Rock bank and
presented a check which real: Pay to
bearer the sum of ten dollars The
cashier took the check, looked at it and
said. The check is perfectly good, but
you'll have to get some one TO identify
you, What is the use?' the man replied
don't yon see that it says Pay to bearer
Yes, but you must prove that you are
the bearer.
Cheap liniments are not always the best
Try Hopkins Antalgic for rheumatism or
neuralgia. Price so cents.
Evening capital., 1887-05-02

DOR SALE.-A BABY CARRIAGE in good
order. VIII sell carriage with afghan for
SO Inquire at 45 Maryland Avenue a22
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SECRETARY THOMSON.

The Talented Gentleman Who Took the
Minutes of the First Congress.
John Adams records in his dairy, on the
day after his arrival in Philadelphia as q del
egate' to the First Continental Congress:
Scaled at Mr. NJ film 3. q grand. spacious and
elegant house There we had much con.
versatlon with Mr. Charles Thomson. who
is tie Sam Adams OF Philadelphia, the life OF
the c.use Of liberty.
Six days later, the delegates marched to
Carpenter Hi, in pec1ed it. agreed that II
should serve the purpose, and helped them
selves to seats Peyton Randolph. Of Vlr-
ginia, was unanimous = elected President.
and Charles ho.nson, Sore 5ary
Thomson was not present, for he was not
de eyate; and the Doorkesper was sent to
find him and to say that the Congress de-
sired b 8 imme liate attendance. After the
Congress had got through the routine OF or
ganizat;on, the Doorkeeper returned, es-
corting Mr. Thomson, who. walking up the
aisle, stopped In front OF the President and
said, with bow. Mr.. President ! await
your pleasure.
Congress desires the favor Of you, Oh. to
take their minutes, replied President Ran
dolph.
With bow Mr. Thomson signified his &C.
quiescence, and without word took his
| seat at his desk, and began to record the
proceedings Of that famous. practical and
, sober minded assemblage OF lawyers, poll
| ticians and men of business This modest
and quiet beginning was an earnest Of the
valuable servic $ which. for fifteen years.
| Mr. Thomson rendered to the Congress Of
! the Confederation
He was by bir h an Irishman, but had left
his native land when only eleven years o1
age By education he became scholar and
made translation Of that Greek version Of
| the Old Testament which is known as the
Septuagint, which was published in fouz
| volumes In lSOS- Yo.h's CompaAion.
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THE YUlE LOG.

Christmas Festivity-..No Sauce 10 .
Christmas Turkey Like tho Thought
That 1t Is Shared with the Poor"
As for my own housekeeping. We have al
ways lighted the yule FIRE on Christmas
eve with charred relic OF the yuie log Of
the former year Our fes,ivity always ends
with childrens feast on Twelfth night,
and then the clog is tied up with ever
greens, and labeled: God send us happy
Christmas when 1t comes round again
Sometimes we defer the Chris mas tree till
schildermasD Unnocents' Day. SO as not to
crowd every thing into Christmas eve; and
we impress children with the fact that
Christmas-tide lasts twelve days. SO that
there is time enough for every thing In ita
season. The one condition Is. Christmas
Day must be kept with Carist. Nobody
who has any thing over and above . bare
support should ever cat his Chr ssmas dinner
without the consciousness that he has done
ut least something to spread the board
for poor widow or some other needy
neighbor. One OF my early parlshi0ners
(he ought to be named-he was not very
wealty man-the late W. T. Lee, Of Hart
ford, } used to send me q sleigh filed with
baskets of good things, and drawn by two
fine sleeds with which was authorized to
uIlSC duout luc tOWA, supp1SiAe my PooS
communicates and others used to thank
him @Don't mention it, he said. sYou
can't think how I enjoy my dinner on
Christmas Day. when think how many OF
my brethren, less blessed with worldly
means, are enjoying theirs at the same
time No thanks! no thanks! All pure
seltishness! No sauce to Christmas turkey
like the thought that it Is shared with the
poor" Surely it is delightful thought
that thousands OF human beings eat q COM
fort bic meal on that day, II not on any
other in the whole year.-Dr. Core, az Church
NagGgiae.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

N. SADI-CARNoT, the new President
of France, is finc-looking man Of
nearly fifty years, scholar, q writer
OF some fame on the economic sciences,
wealthy, conservative rather than rad
ical. not churchman. but has Cath
olic wife. He has SON of twenty
three years in the army. His election
to the Presidency was the result of a
compromise consolidation Of the oppo-
nents OF NJ. Ferry, who at the start was
the most conspicuous candidate, but
whose election, it was feared, would
involve France in serious trouble. His
Cabinet 10 conservative.
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We'll yea was the absent reply. For
DR. Blake, who, In addition to an unusually
laborious day, had been mp with danger
ous case nearly all the night before, was in
that curious state between waking and
sleeping, when men see visions and dream
dreams, yet are perfectly conscious as to
what Ii going on about them
Mra Mack sighed softly and drew little
nearer. In the subdued glow Of the tire
light, which, so to speak. toned down the
sharpness of her facial contour, the widow
was looking at her best, and Dr.. Blake
glanced upward at her with something like
friendly admiration, vaguely thinking that
bis housekeepsr was by no means bad
looking woman
Something in Dr. Blake's voice and man
ner caused the fossil remains of an organ
MIRA Mack was pleased to designate as her
heart, to give dull throh She hal read OF
masculine hearts caught at the rebound
BY this time DR. Blake knew that his case
was hopeless with the chit OF girl he had
been temporarily infatuated Should she
strike while the iron was hot?
when Miss Doris and your nephew are
married, you and Doctor will be left quite
alone |" said MrA Mack, with tender look,
which was entirely lost on the D octOr. who
| had subsided into his ". king slumber. A.
In vision he again saw Doris deep eyes
| look ny into his own with the strange in
tensity which once before had thrilled him
through and through And. extending his
Sxms, DR. Blake said, aloud:
MY darling-come.
Mrs Mack saw no vision The outstretched
arms were joyful reality. SO also was
the tender invitation; and without an In
stant Of delay she literally fell On ths
Doctors neck, about which her arms
clasped themselves with considerable t.
| mac ty.
4P-Paul. she sobbed, Historically. .nop
shall never leave you-never!" and chung
tho tighter to tho scarcely awakened doc
tor a. Bob, thinking matters had gone quit,
far enough, suddenly turned up the gas!
Nov Doris had chosen that evening to tel
her guardian OF her future plans Perhaps
too, she might learn from his own lips that
there was some mistake rs to his matri
| monial Intentions
Her foot was on the library threshold a,
Bob threw the glow of gaslight on the In
teresting tableau / have just mentioned
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PI1h4fI7RA#Ffq
EVERYTHING IN TIE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill-Heads, Cards, Posters, Cir.
cularS.
Satisfaction In Kea!aess, promptness la6
Price Guaranteed.
A2-GIvE Us A TRIAL BEFORE ORDER.
ING ELSEWfiEKE.-H
ArGIvE US A TRIAL BEFORE ORDER
ING ELSEWHEKE.-6A

"How do yon know all this, Bob?"
hoarseiy demanded Doctor Blake. feeling
as though every thing was slipping from
under bis feet
Didn't Miss Doris tell me last night
wDen she got me to hang your picter
in your bedroom on the sly. and she crying
Ike her heart WIS a-breaking?S boldly re-
turned Bob: land didn't sns say she hadn't
no home here any longer. now that you
was goin' to m ry MrA Mack? But I've
writ q note that'll exp.ain it ALL she says,
and Doctor Blakell find it under his plate
In the morning
Doctor Blake did not wait for further
explanations Ten minutes later he had
Portland. and reached there W i n
Dressed in her best, Mra Mack sat in the
parlor New Years night impatiently await
ing Dr. Biake's coming Sns knew that he
had been invited to dine out. and his pro-
longed absence did not surprise her 30
absorbed was Mrs Mack in q pleasant day
dream that she did not notice the arrival
and departure OF q hack which had depos-
ired gentleman and lady at the door. That
the gentleman was DR. Blake was evident
| by the fact that he let himself and his COM
panion in with night key. VINO the lady
might be is probably apparent to the dullest
comprehension
Still taken up with her castle building the
widow, blissfuly unconscious OF I'M
pending ruin, turned her head languidly =
the door opened.
"Dr Elahe-and Mss Doris"
This was the startled exclamation which
| fell from the eAvidow's lips as She sprang to
| her feet
Mot Mise Doris but Mrs Blake" said the
doctor with freezing politeness I'VE were
married in Portland this afternoon. And
before Mrs. Mack could scream-slet me adj
tina Is you see have made my choice ~
to which OF you two should remain under
my roof shall have to request you to take
your departure at the earliest opportunity
| perhaps you can guess why"
Mrs Mack gaspcd, but nothing came OF It
Though speeches. with baffied rage and
shame she hurried ont OF the room banging
the door behind her till every pane OF glass
ratified
/ But an earthquake would not have dis
| turbed the happiness of the newly-married
couple who sat side by side In front Of the
| cheerful blaze.
If were not quite SO young" said Doris.
o little regre fully. in pause OF the conver-
sation after the mutual explanations had ell
been gone over again
IF / were not quite SO old" said the
Doctor, with quiet smile.
odd" was the indignant response. Does
the picture painted of you LOOK olds"
-Why. no." said DR. Blake, laughing; 3on
the contrary, it flatters my years grossly.
But that is the way you look to me-
whispered Doris And that is all
FRANK II CONVERSE
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

BEFORE II HOLDING PALETTE AND MAHL-sTICK.
grac fol outlines Of whose figure even tho
u ~ blue bottomed blouse reaching to her
feet could not hide
Reclining ut ease in an old armchair near
the little air-tight stove which served to
warm the interior, was Paul Blake, the
doctors od-looking artist nephew, twir[
ing an unlighsed cigarette between his slim
viii ingcra.
Before Doctor Blako could step forward
to announce his presence, Pull spoke-evi-
denly apropas Of some thing under discus
sion
TITS no use talking. Doris he said, ,somo- :
what petulanuly If uncle Paul won't give
his consent to our marriage, as you seem to
think, why we must do without it, that's
all"
Doctor Blake turned very pale ~ he
heard these words not intended for his ear
But pulling himself together with an et3ort,
he stepped forward.
At his unexpected appearance poris
gaye sudden start and, crimsoning to her
fair temple, threw cloth over the portrait
But not he.ore GoctoS Blake had caught q
impse OF his nephew's broad white fore
heal and expressive eyes.
The Doctor pretending to have heard and
seen nothing. greeted Paul with his usual
easy courtesy. Dnt that usually eelt-pos-
| sessed young man. Muttering something
about previous engagement made . 4osty
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

ON the 13tn tho second National conven-
ton of third and fourth class postmasters
Of the United s ates met in Washington.
About two hundred and fifty postmasters
were present representing twenty-three
State6
DURING November last the value OF ex-
ports of beef. hog and dairy products was
81. .O76. $50; 1886. $3.50, 768 For eleven
months en- ed. November 80, 1887, $780,
273.262; 1856, $77. .O5O.O49 Dairy Prod
ucts-November, 1887, $6l1, ,O93; 1886,
$6O8,67 For eleven months ended No
vember SO. 1887, So. 135. 145; 1886, ST.
43S, S,331. Beef and Pork Products-No-
vember. 1887. $6,4G5. 500; 1886, &c.
O62. .091.
AT reception given on the 14th in Wash
ington to Blr Thomas Esmonde and Arthur
O'Connor, of Ireland, home-rule speeches
were made by Senators Sherman, Ingalls,,
Hawley and otherA
THE Italian residents OF Washington pro-
pose to present the Government with q
marble bust of GaribaldL
THERE Were 253 business failures In the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 16.h, against 23S the previous seven
days
IT was thought on the 10th that the Terri
tories Of Dakoua. Washington, Montana and
possibly Utah would DO admitted into the
Union during the present session Of Con-
Hx0E6
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

MR. PowpERLY is reported better.

MIR. PowDERLY is reported better.
THE lower house Of Congress will adjourn
Dec. q, until January 4.
AT NorthwoOd, Ia. an entire business
block was destroyed by incendiary fire on
l7th. Loss $50, 600, insurance $S,OO
UNDER high license, after January 1,
Lewiston, Mimi, will have three saloons
against six under low license.
AuBERTlN, who attempted to assassinate
NJ. Ferry at Paris. is violently insane and
|dying TN q Il All house.
q small fishing boat, with crew OF six men
went down an the 18th, Sll being lost.
Six miles west Of Thompson, Falls, Mont
On the 18th, two N. r., freight trains COLI
ded, wrecking both engines and ~ cars.
\ One engin er and two fren,en were killed.
LEVY il. GUYE, q cattle dealer OF Walnut,
| Ia, suicided on the 18th, at q Chicago hotel.
10, was written. II want to say now that
am not guilty OF all am accused Of"
| IT was reported at st. Panl on the 10th,
|. that Hon. p. h. Kelly Of that city, was Sc
riously i'll with pneumoni at the Norman
die Hotel, New York City. His wife was
sent for and would reach her husband on
Tuesday.
FIRE on the morning OF the nth, damaged
Iversers extensive art and picture frame
stor. at Milwaukee, Wis, Sl25, 5,UtO; insur-
ance xiO4 ,UOO. GUMS book store adjoining
was badly damaged by water; insurance
$3.50.
s. r. RouNDs, who was Public Printer
under President Arthur, died at Omaha,
Neb., on tho 18th, OF pneumonia, after ten
owner Of the Omaha Republican. Age 50
years.
Hon. III. d. l.. CoLLEsTER OF Mankat0,
died on the 18th of pleuro-pneumonia, aged
AZ years. He had resided in Minnesota
twenty years, at NJ nneapolis, Faribault,
Maseca and Mankato. He served with dis
tinctiOn IN the state legislature OF 1851, and
tor five years as County Attorney Of
Waseca county.
EIGHT men were killed Sunday afternoon
on the Intercolonial Il. r.. n, ar CaraQuette,
New Brunswick, tie engine upon W, ich
they were riding being thrown from q
| bridge by a snow DRIFT. There we're u men
| on the engine and the remaining five were
seriously injured.
From the East is reported q heavy fall of
snow on the 18th; through Pennsylvania
| the fall was the greatest, Read ling report ng
| Is inches, Lancaster IA, Harrisburg 10 and
country roads drifted 70 4 feet: WASH
ington had inches, at Baltimore the street
cars were stopped and at New York City
there was an unusual depth.
The National Republican League at its
session at New York city, elected James p.
Foster, President OF tile New York Repuhll-
| can Club, President OF the League, with
Y CO Presidents frcm each State, Robert
Fullerton being chos, Tor Iowa. Mons
Grinager for Minnesota, w. +. Gardner W is.
consin. Dakota Leonard A. Rose. An
Executive Committee was similarly chosen,
! J. &. Ciarkeon, Iowa, Minnesota, T. E.
| Ryrnes, Wisconsin, Robert M La Follette.
Dakota A.P. Guptili. The League will hold
| a Convention at New York In March, with
sssea deSsestes tom vpcb rtste
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

LAST winter Andrew Robinson. aged
twenty-five years. tramped from Da.
kota to Brainerd, Mimi. and was there
employed by Mrs. Magdalena Schwartz.
q rich German widow of forty sum-
mers, to do chores" about the house.
He has lately. however. been promoted
from the position of hired man to that
of husband. and is the wealthicst man
in the district.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

) MANY people are under the delusion
that hard freezing destroys the vitality
Of germs. Recent experiments in the
East have demonstrated that this is un-
true. The experiments Of DR.. Pruden.
of New York. show that bacilli live and
flourish in ice-water. In a single pint
Of ice-water made from melted ice he
found on the average, by actual count.
about 500. 600 Of bacteria of various
kinds. 1t is just as well for people to
know where their ice is made, and for
ice gatherers to know that collecting
ice from impure water is dealing in
death
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22

An extraordinary case of accidental
shooting by which two men lost their
lives is reported from Ozark County,
Mo. William Requa, a member of a
party on hunting expedition in re-
mote part Of the county, started out by
himself, and when ut some distance
from his companions fired at an object
which he took for a deer, but which
proved to be W. II. Guinter. also u
hunter from Wyandotte, Kan. After
the discharge of his gun Requa rushed
forward. and Guinter. who was still
Hlive. though fatally wounded. tirud
M1R him. ksatag him snsssatr